Intuitive Biostatistics was first published in 1995, and is now in its fourth edition (2018). While many have praised the book, some teachers find it a bad fit for use in their course because it doesn’t contain the mathematical content they need in their primary textbook, yet it is too long to serve as a supplemental text. To bridge this gap, and to serve as a super concise review for scientists, I wrote Essential Biostatistics: A Nonmathematical Approach, which is about one-third the length (and price) of Intuitive Biostatistics (4th edition) .
Topics in Intuitive Biostatistics, but missing from Essential Biostatistics: A Nonmathematical Approach, include: